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Thursday, July 5, 2012

The Morning Fix:

"The Amazing Spider-Man" took in $35 million on its first day.
(Sony Pictures )

Spinning a web.Sony's
"The Amazing Spider-Man" took in $35 million on Tuesday, its first full
day of release. That is a solid number but not as strong as the
first-day take of the previous three "Spider-Man"
movies. The reboot of the franchise is projected to rake in about $140
million when the dust clears Sunday. "Ted" meanwhile is showing signs of
having real staying power. More from the Los Angeles Times.

Daily Dose: Now that Warner Bros. jumped the gun and has already sold reruns of its relatively new sitcoms "2 Broke Girls" and "Mike and Molly" to TBS and FX, respectively, 20th Century Fox Television may have to take a wait-and-see approach with "New Girl." The quirky comedy starring Zooey Deschanel
is entering its second season this fall and will need to show that a
ratings drop toward the end of its first season was a fluke before a
cable channel will be willing to shell out big bucks.

Hot stocks.
While the economy continues to struggle, some media giants are enjoying
a nice ride on Wall Street despite concerns about how new digital
platforms could hurt their bottom lines. Variety notes that the stocks of five major entertainment companies -- News Corp., CBS, Disney, Viacom and Time Warner -- were up an average of 15% in the first six months of 2012, outperforming the S&P.

Buyer's market.
Ratings for baseball have been in a steady decline for years yet the
price tag for the TV rights is expected to increase when new deals are
negotiated. Currently, Fox, ESPN
and Turner Broadcasting shell out north of $700 million annually. While
those networks may try to stand their ground with MLB, NBC is expected
to make a push to grab a package that can be spread across its broadcast
network and cable sports outlet and that will likely create a bidding
war. The current agreements are up after the 2013 season but talks are
starting soon. Analysis from the New York Times.

The Chuck Lorre channel. FX, which is already home to reruns of producer Chuck Lorre's "Two and a Half Men," has acquired syndication rights to "Mike & Molly," another of his shows. The price tag, per Broadcasting & Cable, is $750,000 per episode, which is less than half what TBS recently paid for reruns of the comedy "2 Broke Girls."

Early in the second season of "The Andy Griffith Show," I ventured a suggestion for a line change to make it sound more "like the way a kid would say it."

I was just 7 years old. But my idea was accepted and I remember standing frozen, thrilled at what this moment represented to me.

Andy
asked me, "What you grinnin' at, youngin'?" I said it was the first
idea of mine they'd ever said yes to. Without a pause, Andy responded
for all to hear: "It was the first idea that was any damn good. Now
let's do the scene."

That inclusiveness that allowed a child to truly be a part of something as unique and memorable as"The Andy Griffith Show"is something I will forever be grateful for.

Early in the second season of "The Andy Griffith Show," I ventured a suggestion for a line change to make it sound more "like the way a kid would say it."

Fair and balanced?Deadline Hollywood says Time Warner's pay channel HBO is eying a book in the works about Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes
as a possible movie. The book, from writer Gabriel Sherman, who has
written stories on Fox News for New York Magazine, is not expected to be
finished until the end of next year so all this talk about an HBO movie
-- if it does happen -- is a long way off. Time Warner, of course, also
owns CNN.

About Me

Actor, Casting Director, Director, Broadcaster, Writer, Singer, Artistic
Director, Dramatur, Producer, Professor, Coach, Husband, Grandfather, Marketing
Professional and life long student Art Lynch joined the staff of John Robert
Powers in 1999. Lynch is also an adjunct professor at the Community College of
Southern Nevada, the Morning Edition Weekend Host for Nevada Public Radio and
one of 67 individuals who represent 126,000 actors as a member of the Board of
Directors of the Screen Actors Guild. He is the past president of the Nevada
Branch of the Screen Actors Guild and of the Professional Audio/Visual Communications
Association. A resident of Nevada since 1984, Lynch has an MA in Communications
from UNLV and a BA in Theater, Speech and Mass Communications from the
University of Illinois, Chicago. He is currently pursuing post-graduate studies
in theater, education and the entertainment industry. Art Lynch studied and
practiced the craft of acting in Chicago and California before settling in
Nevada. With his wife Laura, Art owned and operated a successful marketing
company with national clientele. Art was personally responsible for casting and
directing over 1,000 commercials and industrials, as well as assisting on film
and television projects in many ways. His career also includes earning awards
as a wire service, magazine and broadcast journalist. He is most proud,
however, of his daughters. Ann is a PhD in neuroscience and Beth is the proud
mother of his grandchildren, Evan and Elijah.

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